Omaha daily bee., 1887-05-08

from the street to the sidewalk. A zeal
Gus policeman ordered him to take the
dust up in pan and carry it into the
house, and arrested HIM for refusing to
do it. a police justice fined the man $40,
and Mr.. Dana paid,
So long as the excise laws were en-
forced only against little gin mills and
the dives, there was no clamorous outcrv
against them but the mayor has com
PEELED the police TO be impartial, and all
New York is astounded. The idea of
policeman, invading Delmonico's and the
Brunswick has shocked every gentleman
drnker beyond the power of articuate
speech. The city is full of howling
swells. They are clamoring for repeal
of the odlous law that says man
mouth shall be like a limekiln on Sun
DAY. Inc Germans are join
ing in the outcry, because
of music and beer is being applied to
singing societies as well as TO concert
halls and dives. The Germans stand up
for their inalienable right to drink beer
and sing between drinks. When the in
teryals are not too frequent, the German
citizen sings well. He sings tolerably,
even when the schooner has been filled
never sings badly. To tell u fellow Ger
man citizen that he shall not make
music when he feels good is an impertin-
cnce on the part of lawmakers, who
know nothing of the mellowing infu-
ences of beer. He resents it and joins
the swells in their howl.
There is no theatre joke more univer.
sally appreciated by audiences in this
town than smile drawn from the game
of poker. When n poker expression IS
used the men roar and the women gig
ryI nnn irly hot DIp
played it. And as a matter of fact, it is
getting more popular than ever, and the
girls are trying it in earnest, One of
them told me about an expression that
shows how it is going. She was one of a
party of SIX, all glrls, that met at the
house of the only one Of their number
who was married. Her husband
south. They began the night with a
box at the theatre, and when the per.
formance was over they had lunch at
famous cafe, so that 1t was nearly l in
the morning before they sat down to
play. They were new to the game, be-
lieve, but their playing had been confined
to the modest ante.midnight hours, and
generally a five cent limit, with gentle
men in. l wish understood the game
my friend came out of it earlier than she
had expected to. She had won five of
the first half dozen kettles, l think she
SAID, and then began to hold such cards
that she lost all her pile in anteing the
chippies. At last she had three kings, an
ace and five spot dealt to her
in Ia.n the ,..,o course curse ,,S OF ,o.a a Large
plunge. Somehow she raised the ante,
threw away her five spot and drew an
other ace. The hostess stood pat, as the
saying is. My friend felt very sure of
winning the kettle, and accordingly bor-
rowed a lot OF chips from her compan-
IONS. But before the betting was over
she had to pledge her watch and ear.
rings, and finally, getting alarmed, she
table ga and called The hs hostess se thereupon @ saa
displayed four two spots. My friend
said she thought she didn't care to play
| any longer, but the others were inter
ested and continued the game. 1t was then
six o'clock and the hostess lent the dear
girl five dollars to pay for a cab to get
home in. She was allowed to take with
| her as well, her collateral on the under
| pocket money as soon as possible and
pay up. She says she will feel pinched
| for n month, but instead of vowing
never to play the dreadful game again,
| she is determined to get even, and is
| anXously waiting the time when with
| debts paid and a pocket full of pin money
she can buy chips once more.
| We have had real prince among rs,
and have rather snubbed him. He was
Prince Esterhazy, of Austria. The
women of fashion who patronizc public
charities by having their names printed
on the backs of admission tickets to Ell.
| tertainments gave walm around at q
swell restaurant. The affair was adver.
tlsed as u fete, and it was announced
that Prince Esterhazy's orchestra had
been engaged to make the music. So
ciety would go to hear musicians belong
ing to prince with sneczy name. The
princes musicians, are, regularly en-
ployed as part of the show in II wax
works museum, and tho prince himself
had just arrived on tour round the
world. Everybody OF social &C.
count went to the fete. At one end OF
the room was little balcony stuck on
the wall close to the ceiling. A tail man
standing in il would bump mis- head
against. the plas,er. The orchestr.
perched away up in that little martin
Somehow or other Prince EsterhaNy,
chief vlolinlst got it into hls head tha
society want to hear HIM and his com
rades play. Hecamc down from his loft,
pen and found one of the patroncsScS
who seemed to be running things, an,
suggested that IT would DC much bette
to have the musicians on the lloor
An interpreter stated the case. Tho pat
roness put on her most gracious manners
and SAID she really didn't see how tha
could be done, because all the corners o
the room were being used, either TO
ilower stands or Irritation nooks. liz
answered that the middle os the iloo
would be better, Was 1t too hot, or to-
cold up in the balcony, No; he was no
a.. L.. I... II.
close TO the ceiling and so hi-h above III
crowd that the music could not hr hear,
10 amy advantage. In fact. the mos, Ar
, tis,ic effects would be utterly ruined
The patrOncss looked relieved ~,
} that ally She would liko to make thing
agreeable to the musicians, but she did
: not see how they could play on the l.oor
Tell him" she SAID to the interpreter
} that it would interfere with the dane
ing. These girls would 90 mat II the